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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna.They developed the Crispr tool, which can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with high precision. Emmanuelle Charpentier (Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany),Jennifer A. Doudna (University of California, Berkeley, USA) “for the development of a method for genome editing”

Dr. Charpentier and Dr. Doudna, only the sixth and seventh women in history to win a chemistry prize, did much of the pioneering work to turn molecules made by microbes into a tool for customizing genes — whether in microbes, plants, animals or even humans.

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.

Researchers need to modify genes in cells if they are to find out about life’s inner workings.Announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was done by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 7 October 2020.

Important Events

1948 World’s first internal pacemaker implanted

1919 World’s first transcontinental air race

1912 First Balkan war begins

1871 Great Chicago fire begins

Births On This Day – 8 October

1985 Bruno Mars

(American singer-songwriter, producer, actor)

1970 Matt Damon

(American actor, screenwriter, producer)

1943 Chevy Chase

(American comedian, actor)

1939 Harvey Pekar

(American author)

1895 Juan Perón

(Argentine military officer, politician, 29th President of Argentina)

Deaths On This Day – 8 October

1992 Willy Brandt

(German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate)

1967 Clement Attlee

(English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)

1936 Premchand

(Indian author)

1869 Franklin Pierce

(American politician, 14th President of the United States)

1793 John Hancock

(American politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts)

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Roger Penrose from Britain, Reinhard Genzel from Germany and Andrea Ghez from the US for making discoveries that have shaped our modern understanding of the universe and black holes.

Half the prize went to Penrose, “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity,”  through mathematical models, Penrose proved that the formation of black holes was possible, relying solely on Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

The other half of the prize was split between Genzel and Ghez, for discovering “that an invisible and extremely heavy object governs the orbits of stars at the centre of our galaxy.”

Important Events

2001 War in Afghanistan begins

1996 Fox News broadcasts for the first time

1959 People on Earth Get the First Glimpse of the Dark Side of the Moon

1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando Revolt

1919 KLM is formed

Births On This Day

1982 Jermain Defoe
(English footballer)

1967 Toni Braxton
(American singer-songwriter, producer, actress)

1952 Vladimir Putin
(Russian politician, 4th President of Russia)

1931 Desmond Tutu
(South African archbishop, activist, Nobel Prize laureate)

1885 Niels Bohr
(Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate)

Deaths On This Day

2012 Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano
(Mexican drug lord)

1896 Emma Darwin
(English wife of Charles Darwin)

1849 Edgar Allan Poe
(American author, poet)

1792 George Mason
(American politician)

1708 Guru Gobind Singh
(Indian guru)

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Kerala Public Service Commission has announced the notification for the Overseer/Draftsman Gr I (127/2020) posts. Aspirants between 18-36 years. Only candidates born between 01.01.2002 and 02.01.1984 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. SC/ST and OBC candidates are eligible for usual age relaxation as per the government norms. Applicants must possess a Diploma in Civil Engineering or any other qualification recognized as equivalent.

Twenty-six(26) vacancies are existing now for the post. Exam Pattern will be based on Written/OMR/Online Test, Candidates can generate and download their admission tickets in the last 15 days until the date of the test. The applications of candidates who do not submit confirmation within the specified period will be rejected. To know more about the Kerala PSC Overseer/Draftsman Gr I Notification 2020 go through the link of Kerala psc and follow up. www.keralapsc.gov.in and for detailed pdf format you can easily download on below attachment

OVERSEER/DRAFTSMAN GR I NOTIFICATION

For Major competitive exams, it’s been one of the most talked-about or a must asking questions from general awareness is states, its capitals, and their official languages. It is very much essential that you are aware of it.

According to the constitution of India recognizes 22 languages under the 8^th schedule. India is a union of 28 states and 8 union territories in the country. Each state and union territory has administrative, legislative, and judicial capital. India is also known for its diverse language and the language varies from a few kilometers. States are governed by their elected government and chief minister as their elected head. Union territories are administrated by the president through an administrator appointed by him/her.

List of 28 States of India,their capitals and Official langauage

Sl.No.	States	Capital	Language
1	Andhra pradesh	Hyderabad	Telungu and Urdu
2	Arunachal Pradhesh	Itanagar	Miji, Apotanji, Merdukpen, Tagin, Adi,Honpa, Bangini-Nishi
3	Assam	Dispur	Assamese
4	Bihar	Patna	Hindi
5	Chhattisgah	Raipur	Hindi
6	Goa	Panaji	Marathi and Konkani
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	Gujarati
8	Haryana	Chandigarh	Hindi
9	Himachal Pradhesh	Shimla	Hindi and Pahari
10	Mizoram	Aizwal	Mizo and English
11	Jharkhand	Ranchi	Hindi
12	karnataka	Bangalore	Kannada
13	kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	Malayalam
14	Madhya Pradhesh	Bhopal	Hindi
15	Maharashtra	Mumbai	Marathi
16	Manipur	Imphal	Manipuri
17	Meghalaya	Shillong	Khashi, Jaintia And Garo
18	Nagaland	Kohima	Ao, Konyak, Angami, Sema and Lotha
19	Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Oriya
20	Panjab	Chandigarh	Punjabi
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Rajasthani and Hindi
22	Sikkim	Gangtok	Bhutia, Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha, Limbu
23	Tamilnadu	Chennai	Tamil
24	Tripura	Agartala	Bengali, Tripuri, Manipuri , Kakborak
25	Telangana	Hyderabad	Telugu
26	Uttar Pradhesh	Lucknow	Hindi
27	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Hindi
28	West Bengal	Kolkatta	Bengali